Concordia College - White and Blue Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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wantone ts VESTAS Ieee ottoman Sa: WZ THE WHI [TE @ AND BLUE W PAN We Smee TA Yar pel AR tb aan SAA Ash PANAMA NMINNNANS PRAMAS Sieaebeenae ananiaednmintatnatbeanea anna tamamabnte nnn: tue one —— MAREE ss, Sm NS : SO ae Aon emer PSSA A NN RE VARI ROKK QUO aca etn NL mea ml gi eine Saati anhantit haan enteeee eeanein iene Die to dae da San ee cee — il Wiseonsin National Bank 5—Concordia 18 On April 28th the season was officially opened when the Wisconsin Na- tional Bank team invaded our territory and received a severe drubbing to the tune of 18-5. Streufert and Bachert had little trouble in disposing of “the op- posing batsmen. Ernie Kuechle, the flashy Concordia fly chaser, secured two hits in as many trips to the plate and Brust, a promising youngster, who was sent in as pinch-hitter, cracked out a ringing single to left center. Te Normal 5—Concordia 7 April 30th proved to be a red-letter day for Concordia. It was on this day that the White and Blue warriors forced the highly-touted ball tossers of Coach Barney Anderson’s Milwaukee Normal crew to bite the dust to the call of 7-5 in thirteen hard fought innings. The game, which was played in hours, proved to be a pitcher’s duel between Thisted, Normal’s sorrel- topped mainstay, and “Wee Wille” Bachert, Concordia’s young slab artist. Bachert allowed two more hits than Thisted, but kept them well scattered. Concordia scored two runs in the second, one being counted on an error and a single by Ernie Kuechle. The other run was scored on a delayed steal. Normal scored its first run in the fourth after two were out. In the same inning Benny Kretzschmar added another counter for Concordia with a cir- cuit clout. Normal manufactured one more in the sixth. The Concordians followed suit in the seventh. In the ninth frame Normal scored two runs and tied the score at 4 all. It looked like a victory for Normal in the tenth after Sawyer, Normal’s husky receiver, banged out a homer. But the Concordians were not to be outdone. They kept battling with a zest that simply could produce nothing less than a win. After two were out Ackmann, Concordia’s agile keystone guardian, tied the score with a single on which Streufert, who was sent in to run for Nickel, crossed the plate. Normal was helpless against Bachert’s deceptive curves in the tenth. In the final session Concordia had two men on bases and no one out when Brust, who replaced Kuechle in center field, poled out a triple and ended the long struggle. Incidentally this was the first time in a number of years, that the White and Blue representatives victimized the Normalites. It] Northwestern College 14—Concordia 13 The scene of the next battle was laid at Watertown, Wisconsin. Accom- panied by a goodly number of rooters the White Blue nine traveled to this city and engaged the Northwestern College team in a loosely played game. neorking a poor brand of ball the Milwaukeeans were shi imefully forced into submission by a 14-13 score. They did not look like the same men who so gloriously put Concordia on the map by their brilliant playing of the foregoing game, “lip. Streufest toed the rubber for six innings. He was effective until the sixth, but he soon broke down under the heavy strain due to the fact that his mates were giving him miserable support. Bachert replaced him and at first allowed several hits in close succession but he soon tightened up and had them eating out of his hand. With defeat staring them in the face the Concordians showed a reversal of play and staged a rally which netted them four runs. But they fell one run short. Zapf was easily the hitting star of the losers, this lad wielding the bludgeon for a .750 average. Page Seventy-two

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